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#304127 6-Apr-2023 11:33
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I have an iphone that I connected to my newish PC hoping to download the photos onto it.

 

Windows popped up a message asking me what I want to do when this device is connected, and I selected import photos as that is basically all i'd ever want to do.

 

It opened up an app called PHOTOS and it said it was having trouble importing from that device.   I had to enter my passcode into my phone to 'trust' the PC (from memory that was the message) and then it opened the import window.

 

I told it to download all 1700 ish photos.   It got to 271 of 1700 and stalled.   Eventually I shut down the PHOTOS app and tried again.   Now when I try to import I just get the same message that it is having trouble importing from that device, I guess it isn't 'seeing' my phone for some reason.  My phone doesn't ask for a code to trust the computer.

 

 

 

So is there a way to fix this?

 

Or perhaps is there a different app that I can download and will work better than the MS Photos app?

 


I don't want to use the cloud, I just want the photos on my PC.


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  #3059724 6-Apr-2023 11:37
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I use iCloud windows app. Not sure if it is the best, but it works.





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  #3059728 6-Apr-2023 11:53
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Dulouz:

 

I use iCloud windows app. Not sure if it is the best, but it works.

 

 

Does that save it locally?  Sorry if dumb question, i've never used it

 

 


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  #3059731 6-Apr-2023 12:16
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duckDecoy:

 

Dulouz:

 

I use iCloud windows app. Not sure if it is the best, but it works.

 

 

Does that save it locally?  Sorry if dumb question, i've never used it

 

 

 

 

You can download them if you want - What is iCloud for Windows? - Apple Support (NZ)





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  #3059739 6-Apr-2023 12:32
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Yeah, I find iPhone to PC transfers extremely painful, been trying to sort out my daughters phone as she fills it with pics and videos all the time.  Using 3rd party apps seem to be best option....  Android FTW ;)

 

 





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  #3059757 6-Apr-2023 14:03
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i use ANdroid wife use iPhone

 

i would connect the darn thing to the Windows PC with the stupid USB2 Lightning cable

 

manually go to each Photo folder and copy, then delete the photos on the phone

 

usually takes around 24 hrs to do when she fills it up

 

is there a better way?


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  #3059759 6-Apr-2023 14:42
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Use Onedrive or dropbox with auto photo upload on the iphone, then you can just download onto the PC


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  #3059764 6-Apr-2023 14:54
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I don't have an Iphone, but since the same kind of issue arises with Android & Linux, I'll mention AndFTP. This is an Android app that FTPs files to or from the device. You do need an FTP server on your PC, of course. Maybe there's something similar for Iphone?

 

 


 
 
 

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  #3059768 6-Apr-2023 15:24
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Using iCloud/OneDrive is good going forward, for someone with a 64GB+ phone already loaded with photos, its no use to clear off existing photos IME. :)

 

 





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  #3059821 6-Apr-2023 15:46
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Batman:

 

...is there a better way?



Use the Photos app on a Mac which auto syncronises via iCloud for a seamless and instant transfer.

Seriously though. For ease of anything, you're best to stick with one brand for best user experience. That applies across the board, not just with Apple stuff.



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  #3059962 6-Apr-2023 21:46
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Check out ‘PhotoSync’ or ‘Simple Transfer’, these apps can facilitate copying photos directly over wifi rather than through the cloud.

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  #3060016 7-Apr-2023 09:46
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Same problem here as the OP.  Navigating to the photos folder on a PC, copy the images and then paste into a folder on the PC, it usually gets through some, but then just stops.  I have not found a solution other than to do it is smaller batches and then check the file counts are the same before deleting anything off the phone.  Time consuming, it shouldn't be this hard.     

 

Free cloud solutions just don't have enough storage space, and I refuse to pay just to get own photos off own device.  

 

This is the kind of crap that made me change to Android, sadly not all my family followed so I am stuck having to help them navigate behind the Apple walled city.   





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  #3060018 7-Apr-2023 10:28
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Work has just replaced my i7 with a new i12. 

 

With the i7 I just connected a Lightning/USB cable to any Windows pc or laptop. I could then copy and paste whichever photos and videos that I wanted to the photo folder on my work pc. The photos were then automatically copied to OneDrive. I could also copy photos directly from the i7 to Formtab, our job sheet program.  This was quick and easy and worked very well. 

 

The i12 is recognised by the pc, but the internal storage folder is displayed as empty, even though there are photos in it.

 

Today's mission is to solve this problem and get back to the system I have been using.

 

I have heard that icloud could be the issue, so disabling that will be my first step.


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  #3060019 7-Apr-2023 10:28
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this application is great - http://www.3u.com/ - for a collection of tools to manage iPhone
here is a tutorial from them http://www.3u.com/tutorial/articles/1233/how-to-transfer-photos-from-iphone-to-windows-pc-using-3utools


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  #3060068 7-Apr-2023 10:40
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Don't have admin rights on work pc's so can't install programs.


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  #3060099 7-Apr-2023 12:01
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Depending on how many photos you want to transfer and if you have an intel pc with bluetooth, try the Intel Unison app. You install it on your pc and your iphone and you can transfer photos and files across them both using bluetooth.
Ignore warnings around unsupported cpu as i have a ‘unsupported’ intel cpu, but the app worked fine the times i’ve used it.

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